Erik Jones tops Kyle Busch in Saturday's first Watkins Glen practice

Erik Jones, making just his fourth start on a road course in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, led the way in Saturday’s first practice session.

Jones, who also competed in Friday’s K&N Pro Series East race at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International to gain experience, went to the top of the leaderboard in the final minutes of the session with an average lap speed of 125.165 mph.

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“I had a good car. I just wanted to get an idea where I needed to run for my (qualifying) runs,” Jones said. “We’ll work hard at it and hopefully get a little more speed out of it.”

Clint Bowyer, who was complaining of a vibration periodically in his No. 14 Ford, was fourth-fastest while last year’s race winner, Martin Truex Jr., completed the top-five.